Critical Thinking Approach to Assessment - Nursing Assessment, Diagnosis, and Planning

Question 1

Deliberate and systematic collection of data to determine a client’s current and past health and functional status and to determine the client’s present and past coping patterns.

Answer 1

Assessment

Question 2

Collection and verification of data from a primary source (the client) and secondary sources (e.g., family, health providers, and client record).

Answer 2

Assessment

Question 3

Analysis of all data as a basis for developing nursing diagnoses, identifying collaborative problems, and developing a plan of individualized care.

Answer 3

Assessment

Question 4

Establishes an individualized database about the client’s health status to include his or her perceived needs, health challenges, and problems and to respond to these challenges or problems.

Answer 4

Assessment

Question 5

Observe each client’s behaviour, ask questions about the nature of the problem, listen to the cues that the client provides, and conduct a physical examination.

Answer 5

Assessment

Question 6

Sometimes includes interviewing family members who are familiar with the client’s health problem and reviewing any existing medical record data.

Answer 6

Assessment

Question 7

It is important that nurses understand that the coordination of client care in collaboration with individuals, families and other members of the health care team is completed in ___ phases of the nursing process.

Answer 7

all

Question 8

All of the data collected form different sets or patterns of information that point to a d___ conclusion. Similarly, once a nurse understands the nature and source of a client’s health problems, the nurse is able to provide client-focused i___ that will restore, maintain, or improve the client’s health.

Answer 8

d-iagnostic / i-nterventions

Question 9

C___ thinking is foundational to a comprehensive and accurate nursing assessment.

Answer 9

C-ritical

Question 10

Enables the nurse to have a broader perspective from which to form conclusions and make decisions about a client’s health condition.

Answer 10

Critical thinking

Question 11

While gathering data about a client, the nurse synthesizes relevant knowledge, recalls prior clinical experiences, applies ___ thinking standards and available evidence, and uses ___ of ___ directing assessment in a meaningful and purposeful way.

Answer 11

critical / standards / practice

Question 12

A nurse’s knowledge of the physical, biological, and social sciences enables the nurse to ask ___ questions and collect history and physical assessment data ___to the client’s presenting health care needs.

Answer 12

relevant x2

Question 13

By using good communication skills and ___ thinking intellectual standards, nurses collect complete, accurate, and relevant data.

Answer 13

critical

Question 14

CNA

Answer 14

Canadian Nurses Association

Question 15

Critical thinking and the assessment process. CNA, Canadian Nurses Association.

Answer 15

Question 16

Involves collecting the right data in a way that elicits openness from the client and integrates the nurse’s knowledge base and experience.

Answer 16

Assessment

Question 17

Nurses use provincial and national ___ to guide their care and ensure best practice during the nursing process.

Answer 17

standards